#StandWithFavelas—Support Us At This Critical Time
Updated December 27, 2018 We at Catalytic Communities (CatComm) are gravely concerned for the safety of the thousands of favela-based community organizers we have been [...]
Articles by Theresa Williamson
Over 130 Emboldened at Launch of Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network
The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm) designed to build solidarity networks, bring visibility, and develop joint actions to [...]
Human Rights Day: How Our 2018 Reporting Advanced Rights from a Solutions Perspective
December 10, 2018—RioOnWatch‘s editorial line and approach acknowledges that defending human rights is not only about denouncing abuses, but also about breaking down [...]
Final On-Site Sustainable Favela Exchange of 2018 Visits the Sepetiba Ecomuseum [VIDEO]
The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm)* designed to build solidarity networks, bring visibility, and develop joint actions [...]
Favela Community Land Trust Workshops, Part 3: Presentation to Public Authorities and Final Reflections
In Rio de Janeiro, from August 23 to 27, 2018, Catalytic Communities (CatComm) organized a series of workshops on Community Land Trusts (CLTs), together with a special [...]
City of God’s Eco Network Makes Environmental Ed Socially Relevant at the 4th Sustainable Favela Network Exchange
The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm) designed to build solidarity networks, bring visibility, and develop joint actions to [...]
Role of Peripheries in Democracy is Focus of the Second Edition of the Peripheries Journal
Published by the Maria and João Aleixo Institute (IMJA), a knowledge production institute that aims to break with the formalism and hierarchy of traditional academic [...]
4th Sustainable Favela Exchange: The ‘Struggle, Strength, and Resistance’ of Quilombo do Camorim
The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm) designed to build solidarity networks, bring visibility, and develop joint actions to [...]
Phase III: 2016-
Since 2016, we at CatComm have been building on RioOnWatch’s momentum, launching a new editorial line focused on realizing the potential of favelas as sustainable [...]
Phase II: 2008-2016
From 2008-2010, we carefully transitioned to CatComm’s second of four planned phases. We did this by researching, partnering, supporting, and transferring the [...]